Old Growth Heart Pine Lumber

All products are milled from large old growth south georgia pine.

Old growth heart pine lumber.

Goodwin s heart pine is from trees 200 to 500 years old. The only way to get heart pine is time. The lengths on these planks range from 6 16 feet and 6 8 or 10 inch widths. Red hills lumber produces a range of custom wood products from the highest quality pine timber.

Forest service specialists report that even a 200 year old tree will average only 65 heartwood. These salvaged heart pine timbers once destined for the land fill have a wonderful hidden beauty that can only be released by sawing these timbers into beams and lumber. These trees are sustainably grown in our natural forests which gives them a tightness of grain and density not found in pine plantation lumber. He could not drive a nail or screw into it without pre drilling.

The wood gets darker and harder as it gets older. These trees were very dense and high in resign content. As far as i know there are no sources of new old growth heart pine. Maybe one day we will see new old growth.

A tree is composed of both heartwood and sapwood. Because of properties particular to this species of pine heart pine is extremely hard strong and stable making it an excellent wood for flooring. Old growth heart pine is no longer commercially available as a timber crop meaning real heart pine flooring is always reclaimed. These tongue and groove planks are priced at 4 99 per square foot but you ll need to call for a quote if you want their antique heart pine from.

All of the old growth was harvested. You get this lumber now from houses buildings and warehouses getting torn down. Heart pine is the heartwood of the longleaf pine tree. To produce the incredible slow growth properties of heart pine flooring high quality beams are reclaimed from industrial buildings as they are demolished.

These salvaged heart pine timbers once destined for the land fill have a wonderful hidden beauty that can only be released by sawing these timbers into lumber. Old growth heart pine. In addition to those styles the company also has new growth heart pine which comes from trees 80 100 years old. Heart pine is the old growth yellow pine once common in the american south and atlantic coast regions.

Please note than new heart pine sometimes called old growth and not offered by goodwin is usually 70 90 old and available by cutting down existing trees. 100 of our antique heart pine beams are sawn from reclaimed old growth pine timbers. A 75 year old tree will average only 30 heart and even a 130 year old tree yields wood that is not as hard or rich in color as antique heart pine. 100 of our antique heart pine lumber sawn from reclaimed old growth pine timbers and decking.